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Lighting and Preventing Incidents
Well-designed lighting systems can prevent slips, trips, falls, and struck-by incidents, reducing eye strain
and promoting better posture, positively impacting mental health and well-being..
Slips/Trips/Falls
Helps workers see hazards like wet floors, uneven surfaces, and obstacles.
Well-lit pathways ensure safe navigation, avoid tripping over unseen objects, and improve depth
perception, which is essential for judging distances and heights, especially on stairs and uneven surfaces.
Better contrast helps workers identify changes in floor surfaces, steps, and other potential trip hazards.
Prevents missteps when workers misjudge the height of steps or floor level changes.
Minimizes glare and harsh shadows that obscure hazards or cause visual discomfort.
Evenly distributed lighting ensures no dark spots where hazards can be hidden.
It improves contrast and colour perception, making distinguishing objects from their background easier.
It helps maintain alertness and focus, reducing the likelihood of slips, trips and falls due to inattention.
Struck-by Incidents
Ensures workers can see machinery and its moving parts clearly, reducing the risk of being struck by
or caught in machinery.
It helps identify hazards like loose parts, tools, or debris around machinery that could cause
accidents.
Allows workers to quickly notice and react to unexpected movements or malfunctions in machinery,
preventing accidents.
Enhanced visibility helps workers accurately judge the speed and direction of moving machinery,
reducing the risk of being struck.
Minimizes glare and harsh shadows that obscure machinery parts or create visual discomfort.
Evenly distributed lighting ensures no dark spots where machinery hazards can be hidden.
Task-specific lighting provides additional illumination for detailed work around machinery, ensuring
workers can see when performing maintenance or adjustments.
Enhances the visibility of safety signals and indicators on machinery, helping workers stay aware of
operational statuses and warnings.
It helps maintain alertness and focus, reducing the likelihood of accidents due to inattention.
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